Russians Knife Into Estonia and Korsun Pocket Shrinks
Soviet forces overrun the east shore of Lake Peipus and take Luga, driving German troops from key rail junctions in a major advance toward Pskov. In the Korsun pocket in Ukraine, heavy losses reduce the remaining Nazi force to an eight mile strip, with Sotniki and Arbuzino captured and Soviets pressing artillery and infantry.
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London
Russia
Leningrad
Lake Peipus
Estonia
Luga
Pskov
Moscow
Korsun
Ukraine
Berlin
Lwow
Poland
Narva
Latvia
Marshal Stalin
Sotniki
Arbuzino
Horsun
Sotnikt
Stilwell Pledges Aggressive Action in China
Gen Joseph W Stilwell pledged an aggressive china based land and air offensive to support a Pacific thrust. He said facilities are being prepared for larger cargo carriers and noted Admiral Nimitzs plan to break the blockade and land American forces on the Chinese mainland amid vast Chinese labor efforts.
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Chungking UP
Pacific
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
India
China
Burma
Stilwell
Ledo
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Navy
Clerk Deplores U S Superiority Complex
Buffalo editor reports Dr William B Pugh of Philadelphia, chairman of the general commission on Army and Navy Chaplains for the Protestant Churches of America, warned that the American fighting man’s efficiency creates a superiority complex harming true religious development. He said stories of spiritual experiences in war crises inflated the idea that all service members are saints and urged against patronizing the world.
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Buffalo
William B. Pugh
Philadelphia
General Commission On Army and Navy
Protestant Churches of America
Dr Pugh
Mother Dies in Saving Children in Philadelphia
Mrs. Virginia Brown, 35, died from burns after she threw her five children from a second story window as their home burned. The children, ages ten months to seven years, were not injured.
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Philadelphia
Virginia Brown
Finnish Leaders in Stockholm Weigh Path to Moscow Peace
In Stockholm three Finnish leaders led by Juhu Paasikivi the ambassador of peace stayed under tight secrecy as government conferences continued. Rumors suggested Helsinki had contact with Moscow days earlier, with Paasikivi ready to act, while Leo Ehrenrooth joined the group on evacuation business and possible negotiation influence. Paasikivi said he came to read and handle private affairs, yet remained ready to act for Finland if needed.
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Stockholm
Finland
Juhu Paasikivi
Helsinki
Moscow
Paasikivi
Leo Enhrenrooth
Elias Erkko
Ehrenrooth
Sweden
Yugoslav Royalists Back King
The Yugoslav royalist congress in exile urged postwar expansion to include all lands with Serbs Croats and Slovenians while urging a federal Yugoslavia with Serbia Croatia and Slovenia as units King Peter remains sovereign under the constitution A Cairo clash signals strain with Soviet backed exile leadership and Tito Ribar rivalry.
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Cairo
Yugoslavia
Peter
Soviet Union
Generaja Mihailovic
Bozhidar Puric
Serbia
Croatia
Slovenia
Remai
Josip Broz
Tito
Ivan Ribar
Nazi Secret Agents Switch Sides in Istanbul Case
Two Nazi intelligence officers in Istanbul, Karl Alois von Kleckouski and Capt. Wilhelm Hamberger, both Austrians, reportedly defected to the British after orders to return to Germany. An Allied spokesman identified Erich Vermehren, a German clerk to the military attaché, as having surrendered to the British last week.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Karl Alois von Kleckouski
Wilhelm Hamberger
Gestapo
Erich Vermehren
Kleckowski
Hamberger
Germany
Berlin
Treasury Cites Tax Refund Data
The Treasury told Congress it paid 56,965,127 in refunds for taxes erroneously collected in fiscal year 1943. Major refunds, 38,618,140, were for income tax overcharges. Overcharges on distilled spirits, employment, estate and gift, tobacco and excise taxes made up most of the rest. Estimated refunds for 1944 are about 386,170,000 and 781,620,000 for the year starting July 1, 1944.
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Washington (P
Treasury
Congress
Allies May Shell Old Abbey at Cassino
Allied command says Germans use Benedictine monastery on Mount Cassino as a fortress and a future assault may be needed. American troops are near the abbey but not firing. Vatican asks sparing it, though Germans resist. The abbey, founded in 529 by St Benedict, dominates the hill and road to Rome.
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Algiers
Mount Cassino
Cassino
Rome
Abbey Hill
Vatican
G.O.P. Hopefuls Unite To Blast Administration
Washington three GOP contenders Willkie Dewey Bricker press unity against Roosevelt era policies while differing on taxes and economy. They urge Republicans to regain power and guide postwar transition, Dewey warning against peacetime chaos of continued New Deal.
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Washington (P
Roosevelt
Wendell L Willkie
Thomas E Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Willkie
Congress
Bricker
Dewey
Farley Sees Dewey As G.O.P. Choice
Uvalde Texas James A Farley Democratic national chairman and Postmaster General after meeting with John Garner says GOP leaders expect a ticket of Tom Dewey and Earl Warren. Farley declines comment on Roosevelt fourth-term reelection and 1944 politics.
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Uvalde
Tex
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Garner
Farley
Tom Dewey
Warren
Earl Warren
California
Farley Way
Prayers Answered by a Marshall Island Native after 27 Years
Elsie Lickwale, a native of Ennylabegan on Kwajalein Atoll, held to Christian prayers since 1917 as Japan controlled the Marshalls. After US Marines landed, she felt divine mercy answered. natives were aided by the Army, a hospital was opened, and food and clothing were provided as Japanese forces were ousted.
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Ennylabegan
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Japan
Elsie Lickwale
Jesse
Elsie
Caroline Islands
United States
Kwajalein Island
Truman Gets Chilly Florida Reception
In Jacksonville, Florida, on a Jackson Day visit, Senator Harry S Truman was greeted by Mayor John T Alsop. The temperature hovered near 34 degrees, prompting the mayor to remove his gloves and coat while Truman quipped about the warm reception.
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Truman
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
British insist on right to comment on US election
The Yorkshire Fest stated the British press has a right to comment on the U S presidential election, arguing Americans cannot claim the event concerns them alone. The Post praised Roosevelt for far seeing statesmanship and cited the United States as making a vital contribution to Allied victory during wartime.
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London
Yorkshire Fest
United States
Roosevelt
The
Post
Five Bodies Recovered From Plane Crash on Mississippi River
Five bodies were recovered yesterday from the wreckage of an American Airlines transcontinental plane that crashed into the Mississippi River near Memphis, with 24 lives lost. Rescue teams dredged the river bottom as two female passengers, a WAC lieutenant Elizabeth L. McGuire and stewardess Davie May Holybee, were identified among the recovered remains.
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Mississippi River
American Airlines
Memphis
Tenn
Edgar Farr
Dallas
Wilmington
Del
Victor L. Ramsey
Youngstown
Ohio
Fifth Ferrying Command
Charles S. Spring
Camp Young
Cal
E. €. Miller
Consolidated Steel Corp. Ltd
Whittier
Herbert
Sudmeir
Twentieth
Nashville
WAC
Elizabeth L. McGuire
Little Rock
Ark
Davie May Holybee
Fort Worth
T. S
Coast Guard
Soldier Vote Bill Awaits Decision
Washington UPI reports a thrice rejected measure to make absentee ballots for overseas servicemen the first voting choice was revived as a compromise. The Taft bill would allow a federal ballot only if a state ballot is unavailable, backed by most Republicans and state rights Democrats, while Senate and House conferees seek common ground between a uniform federal ballot and state administered voting for the armed forces.
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Washington
UPI
Taft
R-O
Armed Services
Senate
House
Razor Blades Currency in German Black Market
A Solingen trial reveals eight factory workers organized blade thefts, with a female defendant charged over 250000 blades stolen in six months. Blades were used as currency in black market deals as paper Reichsmarks fell out of favor.
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Lisbon
Solingen
Germany
Union Founder Dies in Rochester at 57
Emilio Licastro, 57, founder of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers in Rochester, died yesterday. He previously operated a cooperative clothing plant in Utica and served as manager for the Utica and Syracuse ACW organizations.
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Rochester Wei
J Emilio Licastro
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Rochester
Utica
Syracuse
ACW
British Navy aids bombardment at Anzio Nettuno beachhead
Allied dispatch describes a battle for the Anzio Nettuno beachhead with a battleship symbol and flag arrows indicating German pressure. It notes bombardment threats toward Castel Gandolfo Papal grounds where German forces have established positions.
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Anzio- Nettuno
Papal
Castel Gandolfo
Hopkins' Son Killed at Namur Fighting
Stephen Hopkins, 18, son of Harry Hopkins the presidential aide, died on Namur islet during the first night of fighting. A light machine gunner in the US Marines, he had refused a commission to stay in combat as a private. He was shot through the head and died aboard a medical ship after rescue by corpsmen.
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Namur
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Stephen Hopkins
Harry Hopkins
Namur Islet
Hopkins
Officers Training School
Invasion Coast Hit Heavily In Unprecedented Raid
Allied air forces bombed northern France coast in a joint British American strike. B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators operated with American Marauders and RAF Typhoons and Thunderbolts, escorting fighters, attacking targets as German losses rose. Seven enemy planes fell, but four bombers and two fighters failed to return.
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London
U. S
France
RA. F
Dominion
Nazis Fire Raid Destroys Churches and Homes in London
The German air force conducted a night incendiary raid on the London area, burning two churches a school and many homes in a dense residential district. Casualties occurred as more planes than usual crossed over for a third successive raid, while British gun batteries delivered a heavy barrage. Four raiders were destroyed including one by Royal Canadian Air Force squadron leader Joe Samerville of Toronto.
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London
England
Royal Canadian Air Force
Joe Samerville
Toronto
Senators Ponder Shad Fly and Sheep Legislation
The Senate considers quirky bills this week involving December shad sales in the District, Mediterranean fruit fly eradication costs, and the accidental bombing that burned 499 Texas sheep and 3,200 acres. Senators Andrews and McCarran push the shad measure while past crop damage totals and a crash bombing incident frame the ledger of oddities.
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Senate
Washington
Texas
Andrews
D-Fla
McCarran
D-Nev
Treasury
San Angelo
Tex
Wade Brothers
Schreicher County
Wades
See-saw Battle Raging Allied Headquarters
Allied troops in the invasion bridgehead below Rome have regained the initiative from German forces and are striking offensive blows in a fierce see-saw struggle. Reinforced with fresh troops, the Allies hammered near Carroceto and repelled a German tank-supported counterattack. Commanders express confidence that the Rome objective can be achieved amid cautious notes about Cassino fortress threat. The Rome radio claims bombardment of the Benedictine abbey atop Mount Cassino. Dispatch by AP war correspondent Lynn Heinzerling describes ongoing action.
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Algiers
Rome
Carroceto
Aprila
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Benedictine
Mount Cassino
Cassino
Textile Unions End Walkout in Fall River Mills
Eleven hundred members across loom fixers slasher tenders and knot tyers voted to return to work at seven mills seized by the Army after a nine week strike over a seniority clause in a CIO contract with Fall River Textile Manufacturers Association. The move ends the walkout with no settlement between unions and manufacturers.
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Fall River
Mass LP
Curtis G. Pratt
Army
Loom Fixers
Slasher
CIO
Fall River Textile Manufacturers’ Association
Strke
Popping Beer Mugs Demoralize British Drinkers
British beer drinkers report mugs exploding as glassware shatters in hands. Official ties the issue to defective tumblers. new glassware announced to replace flawed pieces.
Firemen's Chief Dies in New York State Firemen's Union Chief
William J Coleman 68 former president of the New York State Firemen's Association died yesterday after a brief illness. A native of Potsdam St Lawrence County he had served 12 years as superintendent of the New York State Firemen's Home.
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Hudson Ap
Willam J Coleman
New York State Firemen’s Association
Potsdam
St Lawrence County
New York State Firemens Hore
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